<p>Christcorp, I’ve spent the last year doing this with my D. Of course, Ivy’s don’t give athletic scholarships either (like DIII), for the uninitiated.</p>
<p>I was worried that some parents, not familiar with athletic recruiting, reading your post, might think that they can sit back and wait for the recruiters to come calling, once their child has won a state championship. In many sports, and for many talented athletes who don’t play football or basketball, the family will have to do their homework and initiate contact to find the best fit for the child. I’ve seen lots of kids go to the only school that bothered to call them, thinking no one else would want them, when in reality, other coaches might have loved to know of an interested student/athlete. I’m not speaking of the very most elite athletes in each sport. I’m sure every college coach knows their names, but there is a whole second tier of recruitable athletes who need to take responsibility for their match.</p>